Assassin's Creed 3: More Pictures, Details Revealed

More Assassin's Creed 3 pictures have hit the internet today, as well as some confirmed details about the game itself. The new info comes by way of Game Informer magazine. The next issue of GI will feature a cover story and a lengthy feature article about the game. Here are the details:

"Set in the latter half of the 18th century, we'll see the war between the Templars and the Assassins escalate as it crosses over to the New World of America, and witness firsthand the events of the American Revolution. Caught in the conflict is a daring new hero in the Assassin's Creed franchise. We have the full story of this new hero and the striking game in which he stars, along with exclusive screens and art from the project, all packed into a massive 13-page cover story."

So the Revolutionary War setting has been confirmed--as has the excitement of everyone here at G4. Both history and gaming buffs are psyched.

Let's recap what we've learned about Assassin's Creed 3 in the last couple days, shall we? Yesterday, the initial image for Assassin's Creed 3 leaked, via an internal Best Buy publication, revealing the game's setting. This morning, Ubisoft revealed the box art for Assassin's Creed 3, making the rumors official, and then, just now, the details of the game's setting were dropped by Game Informer.